Riko Radojcic Boeken

The narrative revolves around an immigrant engineer grappling with his past while resisting corporate pressure to sell a valuable patent. As he navigates moral dilemmas, employees of the corporations shift from persuasion to coercion, leading to escalating tensions. Their conflicting motivations spark a chain of unexpected events that span from California to Montenegro. The plot intensifies with a murder in Montenegro, culminating in a dramatic confrontation that reveals the complexities of ambition, ethics, and cultural clashes.

Big things often have small beginnings.?As National Security Adviser to the President of the United States, Jane Sullivan shepherds an act through congress to subsidize manufacturing of silicon chips on American soil.?Argon Zhi, an executive at one of the world's best semiconductor foundries, accepts the responsibility to craft a plan for ensuring the competitiveness of Taiwan's technology companies and ensure the continued independence of his country.?Cedric Dyson's job as a Failure Analysis engineer is to figure out why some chips do not work the way they are supposed to. When he notices a pattern among the failing chips sent to his FA lab, he uncovers a shocking truth.?Jane, Argon and Cedric, each operating within their professional domains, make a series of decisions that lead to an international blame game which could escalate into an open conflict between the world's powers. ?Will a new silicon chip factory subsidized by the US government, an act of sabotage compromising a multi-billion dollar fab, and a Failure Analysis expert on the case lead the world to a brink of WWIII?

The narrative centers on a silent yet intense conflict between a dominant superpower and an emerging global contender, both vying for supremacy in semiconductor technology. This war unfolds not on traditional battlefields but in research labs, corporate boardrooms, and legal arenas, where intellectual prowess and innovation are the weapons of choice. The struggle for control over the technology that fuels modern life—from smartphones to supercomputers—highlights the stakes in this high-tech rivalry, underscoring its significance in shaping the future world order.